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  • Title: Preoperative and postoperative use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in cataract surgery.
    Author: Brown RM, Roberts CW.
    Journal: Insight; 1996 Apr; 21(1):13-6. PubMed ID: 8826226.
    Abstract:
    Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs have unique properties that aid the cataract surgeon. In phacoemulsification surgery, patients routinely receive nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs along with their dilating drops to inhibit intraoperative miosis. After surgery, these drugs can control inflammation and inhibit the development of cystoid macular edema. We present two prospective randomized studies. In the first, diclofenac sodium was compared with prednisolone acetate for control of postoperative inflammation. In the second, diclofenac sodium was compared with flurbiprofen for inhibition of intraoperative miosis. Diclofenac sodium was found to be as effective as prednisolone acetate for control of postoperative inflammation and as effective as flurbiprofen for inhibition of intraoperative miosis. Thus, whereas in the past we used a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug before surgery for inhibition of intraoperative miosis and a steroid drop in the postoperative period to control postsurgical inflammation, we now have equal efficacy using the same drug in the entire perioperative period.
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